@Wilshire to News • 9 months agoJudge finds Donald Trump in contempt for 10th time over gag order and threatens jail timewww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square162arrow-up1826arrow-down115
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•9 months agoIMO It’s not always that simple. Yes some countries do this but it can also backfire (and has). Some examples: unfairly targeting rich people in order to help the town budget previous annual incomes may be vastly different from current monthly wages (furloughed etc.) punishment being spun as a political tool similar to trump’s martyrs
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•9 months agoWow first bullet is a fascinating point, seems obvious now. Great insight!
Bullshit fixed-value fines are only a deterrent for poors.
As is intended
Fines not tied to income are a joke
IMO It’s not always that simple. Yes some countries do this but it can also backfire (and has). Some examples:
unfairly targeting rich people in order to help the town budget
previous annual incomes may be vastly different from current monthly wages (furloughed etc.)
punishment being spun as a political tool similar to trump’s martyrs
Wow first bullet is a fascinating point, seems obvious now. Great insight!